National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Snowfall Recap/Map For 2012-2013 Season

Now that we are well into the heat of summer, it's time to "chill out" and take a look back at the 2012-2013 snowfall season across South Central Nebraska and North Central Kansas, which officially comes to an end on June 30th (for climatological purposes, the annual snowfall season runs from July 1st through June 30th of the following year). Among other things, the 2012-2013 snowfall season will be remembered for:

A mid-December blizzard that affected much of the area, and a March blizzard that affected eastern counties

A major February storm that dumped anywhere from 6-20" across the area

The first measurable May snow in Grand Island in 46 years.

The maps and tables below reflect the 2012-2013 seasonal snowfall for dozens of locations across the NWS Hastings coverage area, based on reports from official NWS cooperative observers. According to official 30-year "normals" from 1981-2010, typical seasonal snowfall within the 30-county area is:

26-30 inches for most Nebraska counties along and north of Interstate 80

20-28 inches for most Nebraska counties south of Interstate 80 to the Kansas border

17-23 Inches for the North Central Kansas area

During the 2012-2013 snowfall season, there was quite a bit of variability within South Central Nebraska, with many southern and eastern counties ending up 5-10" inches above normal, while several far northern/western counties finished 5-10" below normal. In North Central Kansas, most places measured well-above normal totals of 10-20+" above normal, thanks in large part to the major Feb. 20-21 storm.

Per NWS Cooperative Observers:

- The highest seasonal snowfall reported in the Nebraska portion of the coverage area was 37.8" in Red Cloud (Webster County), and the lowest total was 17.6" in Cozad (Dawson County)...ironically, Red Cloud had the lowest seasonal total in 2011-2012 with only 6.8"

- The highest seasonal snowfall reported in the Kansas portion of the coverage area was notable 48.0" at Covert rural station (Osborne County), and the lowest total was 25.5" at Glen Elder Dam (Mitchell County). For a sizeable chunk of North Central Kansas, at least one-third to one-half of the seasonal snowfall fell during a single, significant winter storm on Feb. 20-21. During this storm, most of the six-county area accumulated 12-20".
In fact, the 15.6" at Smith Center was the largest two-day, storm total snowfall on record dating back to 1910!

Please refer to the event story links below for a wealth of details on the most significant snow events of the 2012-2013 season within the NWS Hastings coverage area:

2012-2013 Snowfall Season Event Stories(Click HERE for archive to all web stories)

WINTER 2012-2013 SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL* The highest reported amount under each month/season indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

Arcadia

0.0

1.0

1.5

3.5

Trace

9.0

2.0

6.5

Trace

23.5

Aurora 4N

0.0

Trace

0.6

9.0

MSG

7.5

7.6

1.7

1.5

MSG

Beaver City

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.0

3.0

15.0

4.0

3.0

0.0

31.0

Belgrade

0.0

Trace

0.5

5.5

0.2

8.3

4.2

7.0

1.5

27.2

Blue Hill 4SW

0.0

0.0

Trace

9.3

3.7

12.5

5.0

0.7

Trace

31.2

Bradshaw

0.0

0.0

1.0

11.0

4.5

8.1

5.7

4.0

1.0

35.3

Bruning

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

8.0

7.0

8.0

Trace

Trace

28.0

Cambridge

0.0

Trace

Trace

7.4

1.9

13.0

4.4

3.4

1.1

31.2

Lexington 6SSE (Canaday)

0.0

Trace

0.0

6.0

1.0

11.0

2.2

4.5

0.0

24.7

Central City

0.0

1.0

2.0

11.0

0.8

10.1

MSG

2.3

1.5

MSG

Clay Center 6ESE

0.0

Trace

Trace

8.9

4.3

8.0

6.2

1.2

0.0

28.6

Clay Center

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.5

6.0

12.0

8.0

2.9

0.0

37.4

Cozad

0.0

Trace

0.0

3.6

Trace

10.3

0.3

3.4

Trace

17.6

Dannebrog 4NW

0.0

Trace

Trace

8.0

Trace

12.0

7.1

2.0

MSG

MSG

Edison

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

2.0

11.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

20.0

Elwood 8S

0.0

Trace

Trace

5.7

2.5

14.5

3.7

4.0

Trace

30.4

Franklin

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.0

6.0

10.9

6.5

Trace

Trace

29.4

Fullerton

0.0

Trace

1.0

9.0

Trace

MSG

4.5

1.0

0.0

MSG

Geneva

0.0

0.0

0.0

9.5

3.0

7.0

9.7

1.0

Trace

30.2

Genoa 2W

0.0

0.0

1.0

12.2

3.0

10.3

3.9

3.8

2.0

36.2

Gothenburg

0.0

0.0

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

Grand Island

0.0

Trace

0.3

9.5

0.6

11.0

6.2

6.9

0.7

35.2

Greeley

0.0

0.5

0.5

6.5

Trace

8.5

2.0

5.1

2.0

25.1

Gresham 3W

0.0

0.0

Trace

9.0

2.5

7.0

4.0

2.0

Trace

24.5

Harlan Lake

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

5.0

14.5

4.0

0.5

0.0

29.0

Hastings NWS

0.0

Trace

0.3

10.5

2.5

10.5

7.9

3.7

0.3

35.7

Hebron

0.0

0.0

Trace

3.0

7.4

8.6

5.4

0.8

Trace

25.2

Holdrege

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.0

2.0

11.5

1.5

1.6

Trace

22.6

Hubbell

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

10.0

8.5

10.0

Trace

Trace

32.5

Kearney Airport

0.0

Trace

Trace

7.2

1.2

8.5

2.3

2.5

Trace

21.7

Miller

0.0

Trace

Trace

8.3

0.5

12.7

1.9

3.0

1.0

27.4

Minden

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.2

1.6

11.8

2.0

3.0

0.0

23.6

Naponee

0.0

Trace

0.0

6.5

3.8

13.0

3.5

Trace

Trace

26.8

Nelson

0.0

0.0

Trace

2.8

9.0

12.9

8.0

0.5

0.0

33.2

Ord

0.0

2.5

1.5

5.0

0.5

8.5

4.0

7.0

Trace

29.0

Osceola

0.0

Trace

0.7

9.9

0.4

7.7

MSG

3.5

1.0

MSG

Oxford 6NNW

0.0

Trace

0.0

5.6

2.4

9.6

1.4

2.0

Trace

21.0

Polk

0.0

0.0

1.0

8.0

MSG

8.0

5.0

1.0

MSG

MSG

Ravenna

0.0

0.5

2.0

5.5

Trace

11.0

3.0

2.5

1.0

25.5

Red Cloud

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.1

8.0

14.0

10.7

1.0

0.0

37.8

St. Paul

0.0

Trace

1.0

7.0

Trace

11.0

2.0

3.0

Trace

24.0

Shelby 3NE

0.0

0.0

0.3

7.6

0.6

6.8

7.9

2.1

1.4

26.7

Shickley 4S

0.0

0.0

Trace

5.0

5.0

5.0

10.0

Trace

Trace

25.0

Superior 4E

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

10.0

11.0

11.0

0.5

Trace

35.5

Upland 2NE

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.0

2.0

12.0

4.0

1.0

Trace

27.0

Wilsonville

0.0

Trace

0.0

9.5

3.0

13.0

4.0

4.5

1.0

35.0

Wolbach

0.0

0.5

1.1

5.6

0.4

8.9

2.2

4.6

0.0

23.3

York 3N

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.6

2.1

6.3

5.8

1.2

0.0

27.0

WINTER 2012-2013 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL* The highest reported amount under each month/season indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

Alton 2SW

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

8.0

13.0

5.8

1.5

0.0

31.3

Beloit

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

7.0

9.0

7.0

2.0

0.0

29.0

Burr Oak 1N

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.2

9.5

10.6

11.6

1.0

Trace

36.9

Cawker City

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

9.5

11.5

8.5

0.5

0.0

33.0

Covert Rural

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

13.5

18.0

9.5

4.0

Trace

48.0

Damar

0.0

Trace

0.0

5.0

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

Glen Elder Dam

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

7.5

9.0

5.0

2.0

0.0

25.5

Hunter

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

11.0

8.0

8.0

1.0

0.0

30.0

Ionia

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

6.5

8.6

10.1

Trace

Trace

28.2

Jewell

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

11.3

9.8

10.1

1.5

0.0

36.2

Kirwin Dam

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

7.0

18.6

1.5

2.0

0.0

33.1

Lebanon

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

8.6

13.0

7.1

1.5

0.0

33.2

Logan

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

7.0

13.0

5.5

2.0

Trace

30.5

Long Island 1 N

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

7.0

19.0

6.0

2.0

1.0

39.0

Mankato

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

9.0

15.0

10.0

2.0

0.0

39.0

Natoma

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

10.0

18.5

7.0

6.5

Trace

45.0

Palco

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

MSG

Phillipsburg

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

9.0

18.0

8.8

1.8

0.0

42.6

Plainville 4 WNW

0.0

0.5

0.0

3.7

8.7

12.5

5.5

6.3

0.5

37.7

Smith Center

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.2

7.6

16.4

10.0

0.8

Trace

40.0

Webster Dam

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.1

8.7

14.0

1.2

3.4

0.0

29.4

MSG...All or part of data for the month/season is MISSING

(*Please Note: All climate data presented here are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at:WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV)

This page was composed by the staff at the
National Weather Service in Hastings, Nebraska.